Telecom Data Mining
Telecom Data Nugget: While telecommunication services are less and less expensive, the local portion of the local bill increases. Local phone rates may be higher than long distance or international. See the Consumer Price Index for telecommunication services data below. |
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Telecom facts:
International rates and revenues
Interstate minutes Interstate costs
Telecom revenues
Telephone CPI 1 Telephone CPI 2
Area codes Local loops Employees Wireless Patents
Toll free numbers Toll free revenue
High speed 1 High speed 2 High speed 3
SMS traffic
SMS revenue | CPI Telephone Service Price Indices (Base Periods: 1982-1984 = 100) 
| Annual Changes in Price Indices for Local and Long Distance Telephone Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Local Residential Service | Toll Service 1 | | | Interstate | Intrastate | | | CPI | PPI | CPI | PPI | CPI | PPI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1978 | 1.4 | % | 3.1 | % | -0.7 | % | 0.0 | % | 1.3 | % | 0.1 | % | | 1979 | 1.7 | | 1.6 | | -0.8 | | -0.9 | | 0.1 | | -0.7 | | | 1980 | 7.0 | | 7.1 | | 3.4 | | 5.5 | | -0.6 | | 2.3 | | | 1981 | 12.6 | | 15.6 | | 14.6 | | 15.9 | | 6.2 | | 8.0 | | | 1982 | 10.8 | | 9.0 | | 2.7 | | 3.9 | | 4.2 | | 1.7 | | | 1983 | 3.1 | | 0.2 | | 1.4 | | 0.0 | | 7.4 | | 3.9 | | | 1984 | 17.2 | | 10.4 | | -4.3 | | -5.1 | | 3.6 | | 3.8 | | | 1985 | 8.9 | | 12.4 | | -3.7 | | -3.0 | | 0.6 | | 2.1 | | | 1986 | 7.1 | | 8.9 | | -9.4 | | -10.0 | | 0.3 | | -3.5 | | | 1987 | 3.3 | | 2.6 | | -12.4 | | -11.8 | | -3.0 | | -3.0 | | | 1988 | 4.5 | | 4.6 | | -4.2 | | -2.1 | | -4.2 | | -3.8 | | | 1989 | 0.6 | | 1.9 | | -1.3 | | -1.7 | | -2.6 | | 0.5 | | | 1990 | 1.0 | | 1.5 | | -3.7 | | -0.1 | | -2.2 | | -2.2 | | | 1991 | 5.1 | | 2.1 | | 1.3 | | -1.3 | | -1.5 | | -2.6 | | | 1992 | 0.5 | | -0.2 | | -1.3 | | 1.0 | | -2.4 | | 1.3 | | | 1993 | 1.0 | | 0.8 | | 6.5 | | 3.8 | | 0.2 | | -1.1 | | | 1994 | -0.3 | | 0.7 | | 5.4 | | 6.1 | | -1.0 | | -1.4 | | | 1995 | 2.6 | | 2 | | 0.1 | | 2 | | -3.8 | | 2 | | | 1996 | 0.9 | | 0.2 | | 3.7 | | 0.7 | | 6.1 | | 0.9 | | | 1997 | 1.0 | | 0.2 | | -4.3 | | 7.8 | | 2.8 | | -4.3 | | | 1998 | 1.3 | | -0.1 | | -0.8 | | -0.4 | | 1.5 | | -3.7 | | | 1999 | 2.8 | | 0.2 | | -0.7 | | 2.3 | | -1.6 | | -2.7 | | | 2000 | 5.5 | | 1.6 | | -11.2 | | -4.3 | | -6.0 | | 0.1 | | | 2001 | 4.5 | | 2.6 | | -2.0 | | -9.4 | | -1.7 | | 1.7 | | | 2002 | 5.3 | | 1.6 | | -5.9 | | -18.4 | | -6.1 | | -0.3 | | | 2003 | 2.6 | | 2.0 | | -10.9 | | -2.5 | | -9.4 | | -12.5 | | | 2004 | 1.1 | | 0.2 | 3 | -8.7 | | 1.1 | 3 | -6.6 | | -2.3 | 3 | Note: Data reflect the percent change from December of the previous year through December of the year shown. 1 The CPI toll indices represent rates for households. Through 1994, PPI toll indices represent rate changes for both business and residential consumers. Since 1995, PPI indices reflect rates for residential customers. 2 The PPI telephone indices were revised in June of 1995. The series are not comparable. 3 Preliminary and subject to revision. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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